Noun african nation has 1 sense
  1. African country, African nation - countries occupying the African continent
    --1 is a kind of country, state, land
    --1 is a part of Africa
    --1 has particulars:
     Namibia, Republic of Namibia, South West Africa; Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria; Angola, Republic of Angola; Burundi, Republic of Burundi; Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon, Cameroun; Central African Republic, Central Africa; Chad, Republic of Chad, Tchad; Congo, Republic of the Congo, French Congo; Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Belgian Congo; Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire; Benin, Republic of Benin, Dahomey; Togo, Togolese Republic; Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, Afars and Issas; Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Equitorial Guinea, Spanish Guinea; Eritrea, State of Eritrea; Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Yaltopya, Abyssinia; Rwanda, Rwandese Republic, Ruanda; Botswana, Republic of Botswana; Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic; Kenya, Republic of Kenya; Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Gabun; Gambia, The Gambia, Republic of The Gambia; Ghana, Republic of Ghana, Gold Coast; Guinea, Republic of Guinea, French Guinea; Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Guine-Bissau, Portuguese Guinea; Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho, Basutoland; Liberia, Republic of Liberia; Libya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Madagascar, Republic of Madagascar, Malagasy Republic; Malawi, Republic of Malawi, Nyasaland; Mali, Republic of Mali, French Sudan; Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mauritanie, Muritaniya; Morocco, Kingdom of Morocco, Maroc, Marruecos, Al-Magrib; Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique, Mocambique; Niger, Republic of Niger; Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria; Senegal, Republic of Senegal; Sierra Leone, Republic of Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa, Republic of South Africa; Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan; Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania; Tunisia, Republic of Tunisia; Uganda, Republic of Uganda; Zambia, Republic of Zambia, Northern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe, Republic of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia
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